Humboldt Street & Meserole Street

Humboldt Street and Meserole Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Williamsburg Houses, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 420 feet away, and St John Evangelist Lutheran Church is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
710 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Johnson Av/Humboldt St · B60
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Meserole Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Montrose Av, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Montrose Av L
    710 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Johnson Av/Humboldt St, 620 feet away, for the B60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Johnson Av/Humboldt St B60
    620 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Meserole Street.

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montrose Ave & Bushwick Ave 42 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 83 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Meserole Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Meserole Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Modern. They were mostly built between 1935 and 1938.

  1. Williamsburg Houses Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Creative Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. M.S. 582 School
    650 feet
  3. P.S. 196 Ten Eyck School
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
    950 feet
  2. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ten Eyck Playground
    730 feet
  2. Scholes Street Children’s Garden
    810 feet
  3. Martinez Playground
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary House of worship
    920 feet
  2. St John Evangelist Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 202 Graham Avenue Older adult center
    750 feet
  2. Williamsburg Community Center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Humboldt Street or Meserole Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.